Walt Disney's Original Plan for EPCOT - Part 2
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2007
- Here is Walt Disney's original idea for EPCOT. The film was made for the Florida Legislators so that the state would give the company the self-governing rights and permissions it needed to build its giant theme park, resort, city utopian thing. ***TRIVIA: He dyed his hair for this.
Every day I wish I could have met this amazing man.
Ditto!
youre delusional
Howard Stark talking
The city encased in a bubble idea was probably the main feature that killed this idea.
What an amazing visionary. Very sad he died two months after this was filmed and no one carried out his plan. If he just lived a bit longer they probably would have built it.
Walt Disney was an amazing man.
what an amazing man. what an insiring succses ful man. I am so hourned to have or had people like that on this earth. I miss you walt. i hope you are doing swell.
idk why but i almost cry when i hear these words: We call it EPCOT. spelled E P C O T. Experimental Prototype Community Of Tommorrow.
OMG I would love to have met Walt Disney me and him could probably talk for hours about technology, planning, inventions and the future. I realized how much Mr. Disney and I have in common. he loved progress and new technology like i do.
@@teicoplaninguarded so was just about everyone else then. It isnt fair to judge someone from then by today's standards. He was a product of his time
@@teicoplaninguarded Walt being antisemitic is as much a myth as him having frozen his head or having left video instructions to the company or the logo being his signature. It's just a very widespread myth.
"the basic philosophy of what we're planning for Disneyworld is going to remain very much as it is right now"
if it was not for walt there would be no disney at al. so i think we should all thank him disney fans!!!!!
The world needs him now... If Walt disney has lived 20 yeahs longer, this world could be much better
This man was a genius!
Wow. Live in a utopia in a bubble. Like that board game "Trouble". Can you imagine libing there- talk about greehouse effect. So this place would actually be inside. I'm a huge fan of Disney and went to EPCOT for the first time in Dec 1982, but I'm glad its like they eventuslly built it!
This makes me want to cry. I wish he'd come back and fix up the mess Disney has made.
Walt would love that city!
I doubt anyone could be as great as Walt Disney.. R.I.P
Wow Mr.Disney didn't play when he thought big it was literal.
Walt's making his dream city in Heaven; this I definitely know! =D
Happy Birthday to Walt Disney!
i am a little teary knowing Walt Disney never got to see his projects come to life.
he wasnt there when magic kingdom opened and that fact just kills me.
also the fact that the OPCOT he dreamt of is not what we have now. OTL so sad
i kinda wish that he is frozen somewhere cuz then maybe someday he will return and fix Disney to the way he wanted to be.
Walt never let the limitations of imagination other men stop him ever. Walt was a true visionary and he could see clearly where none could.
Seems visionaries such as Edison, Einstein, Disney, and Jobs all had so much more they wanted to do. They were never finished with their work. But reality had a way of cutting short their legacy. Thank you Walt for being here for as along as you were. You made everyone think about the future in wonderful exciting ways. Not just to dwell on the present.
Walt Disney was a genious of not just his generation,but every generation after him.his view of the world and his passion live on everyday.Walt Disney,Stan Lee,and Gene Roddenberry are some of the greatest thinkers and creative geniouses of all time!
I couldnt beleieve this guys name was Walt Disney and that he work for Disney. That mad crazy coincidance
walt disney made himself big. anything is possible i love this guy
I designed a radial city before I heard of the idea, with a road system numbered based on their degree, like "145th". Several circular monorails would make one within walking distance at all times, and the dense interior's transportation would be primarily walking and bicycles/segway type vehicles. Now, to make this happen for real would require more entrepreneurs like Disney. It's just a shame he stopped at just an amusement park. I'd love to actually LIVE in this type of city plan.
yeah we do actually know that this would've worked but it also would've had some serious problems.. especially the whole corporate property thing. Disney did a little here and there because of reedy creek and it's mainly ended up being empty bad houses and them fronting a lot of the repair bills.
I have to agree with that question, Disney was a ruthless task driver and very strict man but he cared about the films he was making and even did some of the animation himself because he cared about his creations so much.
I would see hope. I would see happiness. I would see the child that lived in all of us and the part of us..........that cared and you don't see that often. I would look at a ride and I would see the joy that it would bring to people. I remember when I was little I would go to the Ariel's Grotto to have a good time and once I got too old I would sit there and see the children and feel the joy that they felt. I love the parks and I love the fact that growing up Walt Disney World and Disneyland
If you take the Disney company as a whole - a full studio dedicated to the art of filmaking, a world class resort managing the parks and hotels spread across the property, they have thousands of "cast members" working on these projects. It makes perfect sense to have a town for everyone to live, from management to the imagineers. A more artistic version of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
OMG!!!!! I'M GOING TO BE WORKING THERE SOON AND I CAN'T BLOODY WAIT!!!!!! XD
Walt is my Idol, he would have been a great father, (even though he was, lol)
He had a vision and never gave up. wow
Honestly i didn't know Walt disney was a real person till 2 hours ago... As a young person of the Y generation many of us don't know this . I love how on youtube has many things no mater how ancient or new it is they still posted up for all to see! Now I'm even eager to know more about this miraculous man who has made some of the most enjoyable movies that i have grown up to love ! Thank you freedogshampoo for making my day !
can't stop crying. I wonder what the world would be like if only he lived a bit more. I guess it wasn't meant for this world. I love you Walt!
It is very interesting that disney world was based around epcot and you can tell he is so excited about the concept that its a shame the original concept wasn't realized. maybe someday...
when the oil runs out, we will have this dream city
Epcot is way better the way Walt planed it
I believe a model of this design can be seen on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority, aka, the TTA (the old WED Way People Mover) in the Tomorrowalnd section of WDW's Magic Kingdom. I have a on-ride video of that ride on my CZcams page. I'm a native Floridian and I've lived in Orlando since I was one and I've always been fascinated at the level of detail and planning Walt put into his parks. Thanks for sharing :)
Detroit, now that it's bankrupt, should be bought up by Disney to make a Midwest Disneyworld and EPCOT!!!!
Because the father of Tony Stark was based directly from Walt Disney in Iron Man 2, mixing EPCOT plans with the New York World Fair. Even Richard Sherman was called to compose Iron Man 2's main theme "Make way for the Future Today" that is a tribute to themes like "Theres a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow". Jon Favreau, the director of the movie, is a big fan of Walt Disney. In fact his next movie is about Disneyland and its called Magic Kingdom.
Have a wonderful New Year's ! / / thanks
My mom says if I could pull his soul back to Earth, it would be cruel and unusual punishment.
such a smart man...
if that is Walt Disney he looks very young, cool, and fun
he's a good guy
What a genius mind, no doubt he had faults like all of us, but damn he was such a visionary, and this World is better due to him, WAY better!! Disney's theme parks continue to develop ideas that were his, 47 years after his death. Any of us would be lucky to even be remembered that long after our death.
I wish Walt Disney was still alive. If he was I believe that Disney World would be much better than it is. Even though I love the parks and have been going every single year since I was 4 I feel like it's just not as good as it used to be. Before the Parks were about people. Making people happy, making memories, entertaining people, etc. Whenever I would go to the parks, even when I was a child, I wouldn't see a park, I wouldn't see the money the parks made or the money that the parks used.
Notice the slow tempo orchestral version of "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" playing in the background.
After Walt Disney died the board debated whether they wanted to actually manage a town, would there be any real money involved. Roy and the others decided just to stick with what they know and turn Epcot into another park.
It's not Disney without him...
they picked a good song for the background
and its a shame this was never truly made
Actually the last appearance of Walt on Film was an introduction for Follow Me Boys along with a preview for The Happiest Millionaire which was released a year latter. But it's also very sad to watch because Walt was sitting in a chair the whole time trying to hide how sick was.
Today's Disney isn't the same without him.
Through every monumental thing that Walt Disney accomplished (syncing sound w/anim., color in feature anim., color in tv and the creation of disneyland itself), he faced harsh criticism from all around. People, including his brother, thought he was crazy; that none of his ideas could be made into reality. Regardless, he knew what was right and got to work; his whole life. This utopian idea of EPCOT died with Disney(among other ideas). Goes to show the difference one person can make.
Walt was going to build Disnet World in Livingston Parish in Louisiana, but word leaked out he was buying land south of Denham Springs and many of the political types ran in and bought the land form under him to get him to pay a higher price for the land (that was in 1963/4).
So he moved the project to Florida and the rest is history.
He wanted Disney world in the middle of the country in the south, so he could have 12 months of visitors.
I have to laugh a little at the transportation part. The only transportation I use (besides the monorail for leaving.coming to Epcot) are my own two feet the entire 300 acres.
The Epcot film was considered the last time Walt was on film before his death until quite recently Disney archives found another video of him talking about his movie "Follow Me, Boys!" on the same date this was filmed (Oct. 27, 1966) There's an article about it in D23.
Epcot was actually originally only Future World, and they had planned to have a future park (Epcot) and an international park (World Showcase) as separate parks.
America needs Walt Disney again!
Poor Walt, he does look tired here.
WHAT!?! MAN! I think Walt would be a little disappointed if he saw how Epcot turned out today
Imagine, this was recorded on October 27, 1966. On November 2 he visited the hostital, and just four days later after the visit he was diagnosed with lung cancer. I wonder if there is any footage at all of him that was shot after his EPCOT film.
Happy Birtthday Epcot
I've always lamented the fact that Disney's vision for EPCOT was never realized. As a kid, it had inspired me, and I'd hoped to get the chance to live & work there one day.
Not to be overly cynical, but I now have to wonder whether the whole "EPCOT vision" thing might not have just been a device to extract needed concessions from the State of Florida -- mostly, I gather, in the form allowing Disney Corp to run Disney World with relative autonomy, which they did eventually get.
I think walt's idealism and sickness was getting to him. It's more a good in theory thing but owning a theme park and owning an actual functioning city where peoples lives are on the line are two totally different things.
4:56 is the most powerful statement of the entire video. Never forget the possibilities that you have being an American.
they've took that down to replace it for the buzz light year ride!
The best thing Disney can do to "fix" EPCOT is to use more timeless (or ageless) themes. At least, Universe of Energy, Test Track and The Seas w/ Nemo and Friends would get a lot more mileage if they had put in things around the theme, rather than specific brands (particularly Test Track and Universe of Energy). Everything will be dated in due time, would just be money well spent to not tie things too tightly..
I wonder if walts epcot was built if would have succeeded. He wanted to make a future city would have been cool to have a people mover to take you to school
EPCOT would reduce greenhouse gasses and promote good heath.... amazing.
You know this video was only showed once to public TV
kinda wondered what EPCOT would of been like if it was built to walts dream
if you think about it, the florida legislators got screwed... this video convinced them to give governing rights to the land they bought, but the original design of disney world completely changed.
It's interesting to dive into thoughts of what central Florida would be like today if EPCOT the city had been built. Would we still be a theme park capitol? Or would EPCOT bring Florida, and America, into the 21st century and brought about a whole new way of building cities? We will never know.
Well, yeah -- it's the future, and we're in it (relatively speaking).
I just mean never putting things in attractions that area _explicitly_ time and place, like Bill Nye the Science Guy, Ellen Degeneres and Jeopardy.
"And the "Mako Reactors" as we like to call them heh heh, will be arranged round outer wall of the city!"
he'd be so mad
even tough EPCOT is not exactly what he originaly initialy inivisioned it to be, i still think he would have loved it ( and that it would have been his favorite of the four main parks )
:)
R.I.P Mr Stark
@hughtub I'm sure that Walt Disney would have built even more of his visions. But sadly he died before Disney World was started.
Its a damn shame the new walt disney company didn't follow through everything in detail like walt wanted or envisioned. Epcot is nothing like walt wanted. It would be great it it was like this. It would be great if the whole world was like this really.
The minute I saw that dome, I was thinking The Simpsons Movie
Oh my God amazing!!!!!!!!! a genius.......
is so bad that he don't had time to finish hes project with EPCOT.
I think its funny that its so similar,but I think they did it intentionally to make people realize what a genious Walt Disney was and how he was very forward thinking.he was was and is the future!
Walt would have loved the theme parks today but would be ashamed of what the industry has become
He who does not like Walt Disney does not like life
I think this would be amazing to see brought to life- we sort of have it, but I dunno. ^^; We certainly haven't used all of our Manhattanx2 land. Now, that thing surrounding the whole city- that's not all that possible. But hey. ^_^ If we can dream it, we'll do it.
@Josahn And they even had one half of the Sherman brothers write a song for the film!
Not to be a major Assassin's Creed/Donkey Kong geek, but can you imagine synchronizing the city?
wow his plans were epic what the hell happened!
It's sad to watch this and realize you're watching the last film Walt himself made and appeared in, he died of lung cancer two months after appearing in this film
wot a legend
I was thinking, "Why aren't they doing another one now?" then I realized that if they were to do the same thing today, it would be much less impressive. We already have all the technology we need to do such a "perfect" community, all we lack is the will. Then if they pushed the technology part further just for the sake of making it more impressive, it would probably give it a smell of a dystopian society, where technology is so overwhelming that nothing is organic anymore.
MUFFIN TOP
WALT DISNEY ROX!
You said it but you have no idea on how right you are. He was one of the greatest men in history.
disneyworld is in florida? x D, damn i thought it was in anaheim :S
I think EPCOT would've spread faster than the Venus project since Fresco's a self-appointed pessimist. A.I. will be able to synthesize anything, not just resources on Earth but in space where there is virtually a limitless supply (atoms, molecules). Yes, it would take advanced tech (A.I., Space Elevator) but we all know Walt was heavily embracing technology as he got older - a pure by-product of his optimism. All Fresco does is gripe and complain at our "foolishness". Can't help it, I guess.
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muffins...
Even though he is dead his legacy still lives on. His teachings still live on as well. It's almost like he isn't dead. Isn't that funny?
That domed EPCOT city sounds more like a human ant-farm or test-tube experiment than a place to live. I think it's sinister. More importantly, would UPS or the Post Office be able to deliver porn to that address?
@horrorjunkie92 when walt died, the main ideas for the park apparently died with him.
it reminds me of Wall-E Anxiom (sp) except for the part of walking